Question

Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that:

• A. More abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition
• B. Competition for the same resources excludes species having different food preferences
• C. No two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources
• D. Larger organisms exclude smaller ones through competition

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

It is a proposition named after Georgy Gause. Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot c0-exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. This may be true if limited resources are present.